The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-08-06

| trust, Will see Iheul. L Will uOli eau not
keep the place, nor my-my-nor his money.
Some, not much, think the rightful own
ers will not grudge me, and with that
mean to go away very soon
| The tears she had long held back began
| to fall The comfort she may irrationally,
perhaps, have been counting upon failed
her in that troublous moment Hubert
| Grahame stood awhile dumbfounded, then
he stammered forth:
"Miss Wentworth, think twice of this.
Don't give up, from overstrained delicacy,
a fortune such as you can never hope to
| find again"
| She shook her head.
sit is right" she said, "and 1 must do
| it."
SIT is rash,'' he urged, "and surely, q
surely, not needfull l can't, ln-desperate-
| ly-'I must not say too much. But you
ought to abide by Mr.. Wentworth's last
wish, his last provision for you"
'By his very last wish, one that he could
not utter, yes" she sadly returned. "Now
1 know what his last words meant. Those
are what have to act upon, Mr.. Grahame;
the sooner the better. So" she hest
tated; the chill Of fresh disaster was
settling upon her ''This sketch is what /
| take away from Dernside when leave it,
| poor-not rich"
She waited and waited, the sweet, stead
! fast face growing whittier and winter as she
found she would have to wait in vain.
'You ought not to do it," was all Mr.
| Grahame said; and then, furling tho sc35
shade hurriedly, he lifted his hat and strobe
back to Dernside, packed his portmaneau,
and was off downward before she reclaimed
the house.
1t was only her fortune he had cared for,
Them only her for,une
That was the keenest grief that Honoria
bore away with her one brief week after
wards. Then, escaping from the chorus OF
scandalized astonishmenti in the neighbor-
hood, she too left Dernside, expecting-nay,
hoping-never to see it again;
By help OF Mr.. Dean she tracel he-
mothers relatives, and among then for
months, which dragged themselves into
long year. found temporary honr. But
none of them were rich The inc'me she
consented to retain was insufficient to pur-
chase her a welcome. Under theiroof she
felt what she was-an alien, a granger
One worthy man, a curate COUSIN, could
only house her when his childreI were at
school. Another, naval Captin, pro-
posed taking her to Hong Kong with him
on his next voyage. sit was sucla capital
place for getting girls married \, and his
wife didn't want a permanent border, you
know" Two old maiden ladis, second
cousins, "could have her when hey didn't
require fires, when she could sitn her own
room great deal" but from plpe to place,
and pillar to post, as poor Holoria went,
she was made to feel that, win her rich
upbringlng and her present almost poverty
for which last her new-foind kinsfolk
unanimously blamed herr, sic was out OF
harmony with such kindred Is she had, a
very waif, without havenin sight into
which she might hope to drift.
| This knowledge, backed by another
secret pain, was making hei not morose-
for nothing of that sort was N her nature
but unspeakably sad, wher in her second
| desolae winter she made brave effort to
shake off the bondage of this depression
and step out into some occupation that
should deaden her past.
81 must find work of some sort: will you
help me!" she asked her clra'e cousin
"Work'' he repeated, obviously; you
are not strong enough for that, Honoria.
You should have thought of that before
you castaway what Providence-n
| so, hushl'' she YEARLY implored. 81
| must be able to do something: at least Fll
try What is it, little manl" as the curate's
youngest. number seven, trotted to her side
'Ze pos'man dave me dis.'' said little
| Beau, and dds" was letter to Honoria,
running thus:
| DERNSIDE, Dec. %. 1SS-.-Dear Hiss Vent
| 7r0rth. As we hear by INQUIRIES that Won are not
| yet particularly settled as to residence, write
now for my sister and myself begging you will
come and spend Christmas in the home you so
generously renowned to us and ours Our chil-
| dren are gathering about us during this month.
Believe me, we shall all feel the new year begin
more happily for your presence among us; and
sincerely trust we shall, in some way, be able to
repay you for the trial which return to Dern-
side may at first prove. At any rate, let us try.
| Do not grieve US by refusal, but come quickly to
| yours most truly. GERALDINE CoRBErrB
Such yearning sprang up in her to sec
the old place once more she quelled her
first proud rebellious inclination to refuse
! and went. And this is how she was met:
The evening was closing, stars frostily
| shining overhead, the house glowing with
many lights from within, as she was driven
up AT the wide-open door kind, motherly
face smiled welcome on her, and one oil
Cyprian Wentworth's sisters led her to an
other widow lady, who kissed her and
thanked her with an emotion which was
very catching for all she had given them
| udCh anu usIut HeT 80 warm nerSelI, alUel
her long drive, in the library, and see if she
could find no one else among them whom
she knew.
To the library, then, she went and 10! il
the sparkling light of the Old yew logs stood
Hubert Grahamel
He, hurrying to meet her. took first one
hand, and, finding that was shaking, ther
the other; then, since she seemed nowise
less nervous, boldly steadied her trembling
! figure with his two strong arms, and made
confession of much which until now had
been incomprehensiDle.
81 found when first came to the Cros
bies that, like them, you knew nothing oil
US Grahamcs, or that my mother was one
of the discarded sisters. SO | thought /
would stay on and see what our supplanter
was like. started with trying hard not
to like you, but that soon came to an end
l could not manage it. Then stopped
when l ought to have gone away, and grew
to love you more and more. But I'd never
have told it while you were my uncle's
heiress, and we were all so poor; and, most
| and best, l loved you when you were in
such trouble, and l felt ought to bid you
keep the whole of Deruside; and yet, fol
my mothers sake and all the others, was
torn two ways at once. And sweetheart
| Honoria, il you've not learned to think me
u poltroon, will you have me nova l had
not enough to dare to ask you then. But
I'm getting on; don't think we shall be SC
very poor. Last month a rather great CUR
| took mo for his DnrtDar And n lttla hi,